A message from a bat about industrial wind turbines

Recent studies have found that bats are dying the most painful of deaths near industrial wind turbines due to a sudden drop in air pressure in the wake of the spinning blades which have a span are wider than that of a 747 aircraft. The sudden drop in air pressure causes the bat's lungs to expand and explode. The bat then drowns. This is the same thing that can happen to scuba divers when they come up too quickly. The National Audubon Society has been marching in lockstep with wind developers and blindly supports industrial scale wind farms. Their position is that what ever wildlife deaths the turbines cause is more than made up for by the reduction of green house gasses. However, reports from the National Academy of Sciences show that because industrial wind turbines cannot function without fossil-fuel burning power plants, and because the wind is unreliable, the reduction of green house gases by wind energy is negligible. Studies in Europe show the same results. So what does the National Audubon Society get for trading wildlife deaths? Big donations from wind developers and power companies. Please take a moment to write the national office and ask them to rethink their position on wind energy. The bats will thank you.

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